--- In [email protected], "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> What's all this I keep hearing about Soviet Jewelry?
>
> --- In [email protected], "dvm8375"
> <muellerdana@> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, Ellen, this is very common. Organizations are very
> > reluctant to drop their "brand," especially if it is as well-
known
> > as AARP. The reality is, most people don't even think about the
> > what the acronym stands for. I used to work for the National
> > Conference on Soviet Jewry, and while our name implied that we
were
> > working with Soviets, we actually advocated for religious
freedom
> > all over eastern Europe. After the Soviet Union collapsed, we
> > changed our name to NCSJ. I'm sure you all have never heard of
the
> > organization, but the acronym was very well-known on the Hill,
and
> > therefore we kept it.
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Ellen"
> > <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> > >
> > > AARP took the KFC route and is now officially AARP, an acronym
> > that
> > > doesn't stand for anything, because they don't want people to
> > associate
> > > them with retired because it is for people 50+ and most people
> who
> > are
> > > 50 aren't retired. IMO it should be Association of Older
> Persons,
> > but
> > > is that just as bad? I think it is stupid to say your name is
> > AARP but
> > > it doesn't stand for anything. Yeah right. We just keep the
> > initials
> > > for historical reasons, because we wanted to change our name
to
> > change
> > > our image but we couldn't come up with anything recognizable
so
> we
> > just
> > > kept the original initials but dropped the words that it stood
> > for.
> > > They have an entire in-house PR dept.! Come on, people! Full
> > > disclosure--I used to work there.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "areofilm"
<areofilm@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This message brought to you by the AARP.
> > > >
> > > > "Getting those damn kids off your lawn for 48 years."
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], Eleanor Keyser
> > > > <eleanorkeyser@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is everyone so concerned about the youth in Asia?
It's
> > those
> > > > damned kids down the street we should be worried about, with
> > their
> > > > crazy rockety "music" and baggy baggy pants. I wish we
could
> > just
> > > > exterminate them.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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